Moscow Mule

• 2 oz vodka
• juice of 1/2 freshly squeezed lime from washed lime
• 4-6 oz ginger beer--fill to glass top minus the space for the lime hull
• 2 dashes of prickly pear or lime bitters
• Lime wedge, for extra garnish

Build in a mule cup over ice. Drop the spent lime half in as well (wash limes when whole). And extra dash of bitters to top after mixing drink in for extra zing.

--- Notes: My spin, which my spouse claims makes my Moscow Mules better than anybody's, is the bitters. I "invented" my version with prickly pear bitters, but I have since run out. Lime bitters works, turns out.